Four centuries ago the first American settlers sailed from Blackwall bPort/b to found the Virginian colonies. Taking its name with a nod to U.S. history the awe inspiring New Providence Wharf development shows just how times have changed b...../b A related dock anniversary had been remembered in 2000 when the Canary Wharf Group (owners of the Canary Wharf bestate/b located within the old West India Docks) sponsored events and a monument to celebrate the opening of the West India ...
It then ran through the rolling Renfrewshire countryside to Linwood, Bridge of Weir and along the course of the River Gryffe to Kilmacolm before dropping downhill to the industrial towns of bPort/b Glasgow and Greenock. ... At the Greenock end , Princes Pier became Greenock Container Terminal (now Greenock Ocean Terminal) and part of the line was re-opened in 1971 for container trains, joining the Glasgow-bWemyss/b Bay line at Cartsburn East Junction in the east end of Greenock. ...
The aim was to explore some caves near Kirkaldy, at a place called bWemyss/b (pronounced 'Weems' by everyone here), which contain rock incisions and carvings going back to Pictish and Bronze Age times. We were lucky to have the 'haar' lift b.../b
